"Work Me"

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"Work Me", the latest from Brooklyn's Octo Octa, straddles the line between rave-tinged throwback house and modern bass music without directing your attention to the successful balancing act at work. Octa's no-sugar-added melodies dance atop a mutating bassline that's almost as restless as its less gravity-bound elements. The track's frost-kissed chords-- so clear you can see straight through them to the other side-- are as refreshing as being hit with a water balloon on a July scorcher, and impressively substantial for something this aqueous. "Work Me" explores territory close to where Lone was hanging out on last year's Galaxy Garden. It wears a big dumb grin on its face for all to see, and it's the sort that ends up infecting everything it touches.